The usually composed Angelina Jolie remembered her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, fondly during a press conference for Changeling (see video above). Jolie cried as she spoke about Marcheline Bertrand, dedicating her performance as Christine Collins in Changeling to her.

Marcheline Bertrand died in 2007 after a battle with breast cancer.

Jolie said of her mother, “Her name was Marcheline but we used to call her Marshmallow, as a joke, because she was just the softest, most gentle woman in the world. She was really sweet and was never angry – she couldn’t swear to save her life.”

“But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this is very much her story.”